[Perdogg]

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A great rule of thumb is that literary heroes are defined by their villains.

The villains do all the hard work. The scheming, planning, building, the recruitment and training of henchmen, and the execution of their schemes. All the hero has to do is thwart the villain.

There is unconcealed disappointment in Dr. No’s voice, when he says, “Unfortunately I overestimated you, you are just a stupid policeman...whose luck has run out.” He truly hoped that Bond could appreciate what he had done.

But other than technical gimmickry, that is Bond’s biggest forte. Good luck and timing.

[Sans-Culotte]

007 bump.

[Liberty Valance]

James Bond: [discovers Goldfinger cheating at golf] You play a Slazinger 1, don't you?
Auric Goldfinger: Yes, why?
James Bond: This is a Slazinger 7. [indicating his own golf ball]
James Bond: Here's my Penfold Hearts. You must have played the wrong ball somewhere on the 18th fairway. We are playing strict rules, so I'm afraid you lose the hole and the match.
[Goldfinger throws the golf ball to the ground in disgust]

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[Dr. Eckleburg]

James Bond was raised a Calvinist, as was Fleming. In "You Only Live Twice" we learn James Bond's father was a Scottish Presbyterian and his mother was a Swiss/French Huguenot. They were killed in a skiing accident when Bond was 11.

Fleming's books are great, especially the last four.

"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action." -- Ian Fleming